Chapter 39: The Incorruptible Corpse

The golden silk nanmu coffin in the sarcophagus is very well preserved, just like a new coffin, Professor Liu first put on a pair of white gloves and then gently stroked the golden silk nanmu coffin in the sarcophagus.

"It's so well preserved, this is the first time I've encountered it, and this is definitely a major discovery in the archaeological community," Professor Liu said with an excited expression on his face.

I stood beside Professor Liu and stared at the golden silk nanmu coffin, I always felt that there was something wrong with this golden silk nanmu coffin, as for what was wrong, I couldn't say what was wrong, the coffin made of golden silk nanmu should exude the aroma of nanmu, but this golden silk nanmu coffin exuded a fishy smell, even if you were wearing a mask, you could smell it.

"Xiao Fang, Xiao Tian, you two come and bring me the copper nails on the coffin" Professor Liu shouted to the two young people at the archaeological site, and the two young people named Xiao Fang and Xiao Tian listened to Professor Liu's words, and they came over with their tools.

"You must be careful when nailing, don't destroy this golden silk nanmu coffin," Professor Liu instructed the two young men again.

"We know Professor Liu," the two young men nodded in response to Professor Liu, and then the two of them carefully climbed into the sarcophagus and chiseled the golden silk nanmu coffin with the tools in their hands.

"You two tap, tap, once you break this golden silk nanmu coffin, it will lose its own value" Professor Liu said angrily to the two young people, who nodded helplessly to Professor Liu and began to slowly chisel.

"Oops" Just when the two young people picked up the third copper nail, the hammer in the right hand of the young man named Xiao Fang accidentally hit his left hand, and also smashed the two fingers of his left hand with blood, I saw the moment when the blood on Xiao Fang's hand dripped onto the coffin of Jin Si Nanmu, and the blood instantly seeped into the coffin, which made me feel quite weird.

"You young people are always doing things in a careless way, don't drip the blood on your hands on the coffin anymore," Professor Liu said to the young man with blood on his hands with a cold face.

"Brother Fang, you can wipe the blood on your hands first" I took out a pack of tissues from my pocket and handed it to the young man with blood on his hands, he looked about twenty-five or sixteen years old, anyway, he was older than me, and it would not be an exaggeration for me to call him big brother.

"Thank you, little brother," Xiao Fang said to me with a grateful face.

"You're welcome, it's a little thing," I replied with a smile.

After about another hour or so, the seven copper nails on the golden silk nanmu coffin have all been pulled out, and the next step is to lift the coffin.

"Tombs like this kind of coffin-within-a-coffin are rare, if it can be confirmed that the identity of the owner of the coffin is Xu Da, the founding general of the Ming Dynasty, then this archaeology will be a major discovery, and my name will remain in the annals of the archaeological community" Professor Liu looked at the golden silk nanmu coffin and muttered to me, I nodded next to me and said nothing.

"Professor Liu, is the lid of this golden silk nanmu coffin also hoisted by a crane?" the archaeological staff member named Xiao Tian asked as he walked up to Professor Liu's side.

"Of course not, the wire rope used by the crane is easy to damage the lid of this Nanmu coffin, don't forget that this is a golden silk Nanmu coffin, not an ordinary wooden coffin, you go and gather everyone and ask them to come over and help carry the coffin lid" Professor Liu said to Xiao Tian with a cautious face.

"I know Professor Liu, I'm going to call someone," Xiao Tian said this, and beckoned all the staff on the scene to come and carry the coffin lid.

Professor Liu gave one of them a pair of clean white gloves and told those people to be careful when lifting the coffin lid, not to damage the lid of the golden silk nan wood coffin, to preserve the integrity of the golden silk nan wood coffin, after listening to Professor Liu's words, I think this Professor Liu is really nagging, the same sentence he can repeat seven or eight times, not to mention what the staff feels in their hearts, anyway, I can't stand it.

"Are you ready?" Professor Liu said to the archaeological staff.

"Alright," everyone nodded in response.

"One, two, three, up," Professor Liu shouted to the staff as he spoke.

When the staff lifted the lid of the coffin, there was a green mist and a strong fishy smell from the coffin, and I was standing about three meters away from the coffin, and although I was wearing a mask, I was so strong that I almost vomited from the thick fishy smell.

With a "bang", those staff threw down the coffin lid in their hands, lay on the wall of the sarcophagus and spit out, and the coffin lid closed again before it was raised high.

Professor Liu stepped forward in a panic to observe whether the golden silk nanmu coffin was damaged, and saw that the golden silk nanmu coffin was intact, and his hanging heart was put down again, but Professor Liu was indifferent to those archaeological workers.

"Let you be careful, be careful, you see what you are doing, once this golden silk nan wooden coffin is damaged, none of us can afford this responsibility" Professor Liu angrily rebuked the staff.

"Professor Liu, we can't be blamed for this, the smell of this coffin is really stinky," the archaeological staff began to vomit again after saying this.

After another five minutes or so, the archaeological workers no longer vomited, and Professor Liu saw that they had relieved a lot, so he ordered them to prepare to continue opening the coffin.

"This time, everyone should be careful with me, don't break the golden silk nanmu coffin," Professor Liu cautiously instructed those staff again, and those staff members nodded at Professor Liu with a face and didn't say anything, I can see that everyone's hearts are very prejudiced against this Professor Liu.

"One, two, three, up," Professor Liu shouted to everyone again, and the archaeological staff first took a deep breath, then held their breath, and they puffed out their cheeks to lift the coffin lid of the golden silk nanmu.

"You must be careful, slow down, slow down, don't break the coffin lid," Professor Liu said excitedly to the archaeological staff.

When the archaeological staff put the lid of the golden silk nanmu coffin on the side of the sarcophagus, they didn't look at what was in the golden silk nanmu coffin, so they immediately jumped out of the sarcophagus and ran to a distance of seven or eight meters away from the sarcophagus, took off their masks and began to breathe heavily.

I stood beside Professor Liu and watched the golden silk nanmu coffin come out of the green mist and emit a fishy smell, which was indescribable.

Professor Liu's body trembled and walked towards the golden silk nanmu coffin, Professor Liu's mood was very excited at this time, the fishy smell emitted from the golden silk nanmu coffin did not affect the excitement of this Professor Liu at all, which made me have some sincere admiration for Professor Liu, he is now showing his love and obsession with archaeological work, and I think this Professor Liu is obsessed a little too much.